“A fast and furious page turner” – Furious Hours by Casey Cep
“Put aside the ego, John” – The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas
“Good writing in an uneven collection” – Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young #Rathbones_Folio
“Feels like a knock-off Elmore Leonard” – Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
“Stories we need to hear” – The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
“The writing is stellar” – American Histories by John Wideman
“If Brautigan and Robbins float your proverbial boat…” – MacDoodle Street by Mark Alan Stamaty
“A page-turning, thought-provoking, dystopian read” – The Farm by Joanne Ramos
“Thoughtfully constructed, delicately expressed” – We, The Survivors by Tash Aw
“Offering a layered intelligence” – Flotsam by Meike Ziervogel
“Searing in effect” – The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus #Rathbones_Folio
“Much more than a whimsical satire” – Bottled Goods by Sophie Van Llewyn #WomensPrize2019
Here’s what we thought about the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2019 #IDTP19
“A pawn of history” – Trinity by Louisa Hall #IDTP19
“Has much to recommend it” – Normal People by Sally Rooney #IDTP19, #WomensPrize2019
“Humour amidst the darkness” – Being Various, New Irish Short Stories ed. Lucy Caldwell
“Smart and intellectually compelling” – Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
“The sound of pain forgetting itself in song” – There There by Tommy Orange
“Suffers by comparison” – Sunday’s Child by Serena Katt
“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp” – Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah #IDTP19
“A spirited and intelligent entertainment” – The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
“Both scholarly and accessible” – The Blind Spot by Javier Cercas
“Wait a minute, your books are considered humorous?” – An interview with Jen Beagin, author of Vacuum in the Dark
“The thrill is in the telling” – Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin
“Captures the moment – Spring by Ali Smith
“A highly perceptive novel” – Hold by Michael Donkor #IDTP19
On The Pile: April
“Steal this thesis idea, please” – What Not by Rose Macauley
